I second the Nye Viking with Navy knob; I cut my cw teeth on this one about 40 years ago. Then I went to the Bencher paddles and used them for a long time.
Now, my favorite is still a Bencher paddle, but it is the hex shaped one with magnetic returns. Its action is very smooth and has a heavy base for those (like me) who are a little heavy handed! See if someone in the area will open their shack to you and let you try out some of their keys... or if you can wait, go to the Dayton Hamvention next May and you can spend the whole weekend trying them out at all the distributor's tables. 73 de Jim - KE8G ---- Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Randy, > A key (straight key)..... or a paddle for an electronic keyer? > > Straight keys J-38's or Nye Viking with Navy knob used $ 75 + > > Paddle -- can't beat a Bencher. Good performance used price under $100. > > Now, if $ is no object-- a Begali or US made N3ZN ( my favorite)... But we're > talking $300 + > GL ES 73.......W5RH > > Sent from my eye-do hickey > > > On Dec 1, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Randy Pugh via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Looking for answers especially from the club cw operators.What is the best > > cw key for the money?Thanks de AA5OA. > > _______________________________________________ > > BVARC mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
